Larry Alexander ’72, a Massachusetts state representative who dedicated his political career to improving public service, passed away due to complications relating to a blood disorder in Boston on Nov. 6.

For six weeks in a small downstairs room of the Rose Alumni House, retired English professor Traugott Lawler has led a weekly discussion with an enthusiastic group of Yale alumni and their family members on “The Canterbury Tales.” Lawler, a professor emeritus of the English Department, is one of a handful of retired professors who »

Students awoke Wednesday morning to a bright sky and clear walkways. But around 10:00 a.m., flecks of snow began to drift onto campus — increasing to a winter deluge that left lawns and sidewalks covered in wet mush. The first snow of the season did not disrupt Yale classes, but several campus events and extracurricular »

For the graduates of the Class of 2012 who chose to stay in Connecticut after Commencement last May, opportunities to reconnect with Yale may come sooner than their five-year reunion. The Association of Yale Alumni is creating the Young Alumni Council of Connecticut, an initiative that will invite alumni in Connecticut who graduated from any »

A new class of bright-eyed freshmen will step onto Yale’s campus for the first time next fall. But this class will be the last that Jeffrey Brenzel, dean of undergraduate admissions for the last seven years, will ever help select. In a Wednesday afternoon email, Brenzel announced that he will step down as dean of »